The report of the Memphis component of Project CLUE (Cooperative Leadership for Urban Education) which serves 600 academically gifted children in grades 4, 5, and 6 with a seminar program requiring 2 half day sessions weekly is presented, and the current expansion of the program into the junior high and first grade levels is noted. The centers are…

The report describes the operation of various programs and parts of programs for the learning disabled (minimally brain damaged) child in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Covered are student characteristics, special class services available, supportive services (psychiatric, language development, vision, and sensory-motor activity services), and…

The publication is a compilation of descriptions of programs for gifted and talented students in North Carolina which have been evaluated by the State Division for Exceptional Children as outstanding and/or possessing worthwhile components on the instructional level. Programs, grouped into primary-elementary, junior high-middle school, and…

The handbook provides information concerning instructional and training programs for handicapped (educable, trainable, multihandicapped, speech handicapped, or homebound) children within a Wisconsin regional district (Cooperative Educational Service Agency) consisting of 17 local school districts. Noted is the program's philosophy of providing…

Six legally blind students in a special class were provided with a system of airing any complaints. (DB)

Outlined are special educational programs and supportive services provided for handicapped children in Michigan during the year 1970-1971. Included are goals for serving the estimated 12.5 0/0 of the school age population needing special services; a listing of incidence rates by handicapping condition; federal and state sources of funds; the…

Described are the development, administrative problems, and improvements in a special half day program for gifted students from 19 schools in Chicago. Noted is the use of consultants as teaching staff, problems such as lack of funds for transporting pupils and funding cutbacks, and changes in student selection procedures. (DB)

Evaluated was Project Gifted, a tri-city (Cranston, East Providence, and Warwick, Rhode Island) program which focused on the training of gifted children in grades 4-6 in the creative thinking process. Project goals were identification of gifted students, development of differential experiences, and development of innovative programs. Cranston's…

The publication describes the special education programs and services for exceptional children in the Los Angeles City Schools. Content is organized under the three following major sections: physically exceptional pupils (discussing the deaf and hard of hearing, orthopedically handicapped and other health impaired, speech handicapped, and visually…

Presented is the final report of a 3-year Title III program which provided approximately 50 emotionally disturbed children (6- to 14-years-old) with special classes (10 pupils per class) utilizing behavior modification techniques and precision teaching. Explained are the project purpose of providing an instructional setting for children totally…

Presented is the final report of a 3-year (1970-1973) project, funded by Title III, to develop a model instructional and training program with 10 (five each year) 6- to 8-year-old, multiply handicapped, deaf children at the Indiana School for the Deaf. Described are use of a separate building at the school, experimental summer programs 1969-1972…

Described is the 3R (reality, reeducation, and responsibility) program to remediate inappropriate behaviors and academic deficiencies in socially and emotionally maladjusted elementary aged children. The major goal of the project is seen to be the successful return of the student to usual school routines and the regular classroom. Specific…

Provided for public school systems are educational guidelines for setting up special classes for emotionally disturbed elementary school students. Described is a preventive-developmental program, based on successful experiences in form school districts, which provides for a complete school team approach. Detailed are the steps involved in…

Nine emotionally disturbed deaf children (aged 10 to 16 years) were served by a day class which had as its main objective the successful return of each child to a regular class for deaf children. (Author/DB)